Corallorhiza

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Corallorhiza - genus of leafless root-parasitic orchids having small purplish or yellowish racemose flowers with lobed lips; widely distributed in temperate regions

genus Corallorhiza

liliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed

family Orchidaceae, orchid family, Orchidaceae - enormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks and unusual flowers

coral root - a wildflower of the genus Corallorhiza growing from a hard mass of rhizomes associated with a fungus that aids in absorbing nutrients from the forest floor

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Native California and related species of Calypso, Cephalanthera, Corallorhiza and Epipactis.

Tamano y viabilidad de semillas: implicancias en la evolucion y conservacion de Phaius tankervilleae (Orchidaceae)/Seed size and viability: implications on the evolution and conservation of Phaius tankervilleae (Orchidaceae)

The orchid family has a few parasitic plants of its own in the form of the genus Corallorhiza, a group of species known as the coralroots, so named because their rhizomes or root masses are shaped like small clumps of coral.

Parasitic plants of New York

aquilinum r, Corallorhiza trifida + and Asarum europaeum 1 in 2; Calamintha grandiflora, Carduus carlinifolius subsp.